2. Click on the subject of your choice (e.g. History) in the Browse panel.

3. An alphabetical list of matching entries is displayed. Switch to book view to see all books in that subject area.

4. Browse the list using the cursor or by selecting a page number. To move directly to titles beginning with a particular letter, type it in to the Starting with: box and click .

5. You can open either the entry or the book in which it appears.

To open an entry click on its title.

To open the book in which the entry appears, click on the book’s title.

The carousel

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If an entry or book is padlocked , your subscription does not cover its full content. Use the following filter (situated to the left of the ‘You are looking at…’ box ) to show only the results from content which your subscription gives you full access to:

Results are entries. To switch to viewing results as a list of matching books click on the grey books tab.

4. Browse the list using the cursor or by selecting a page number. To move directly to titles beginning with a particular letter, type it in to the Starting with: box and click .

5. You can open either the entry or the book in which it appears.

To open an entry, click on its title.

To open the book in which the entry appears, click on the book’s title.

In the case of Timelines, click either on the Timeline to view it, or click on the subject (e.g. Religion) to browse the subject entries.

Note that:

If an entry or book is padlocked , your subscription does not cover its full content. Use the following filter (situated to the left of the ‘You are looking at…’ box ) to show only the results from content which your subscription gives you full access to:

Results are entries. To switch to viewing results as a list of matching books click on the grey books tab.

You can narrow down the items in the Browse list using the options on the left. To toggle between displaying and hiding these options, click the appropriate or .

By reference type

To narrow the entries in the list to a particular reference type, choose one of the types listed by clicking on it.

When you do this, the type you have chosen is added to the search terms at the top of the results list:

To revert back to the previous list, click the .

To clear all your search terms, click .

By subject

To confine your results to a particular subject area, choose one of the subjects listed by clicking on it. You can choose a main subject category, or one of its subcategories. (To switch between viewing and hiding a subject's subcategories, click on the [+]/[-] button.)

The subject you have chosen is added to the search terms at the top of the results list:

To revert back to the previous list, click the .

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The option is added to the search terms at the top of the results list:

Printing

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Saving

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